The Forgotten One

James' POV

1st year

YES! BREAK TIME! I am so excited, as you can tell. I invited Sirius over. He told me that he hated his family. Remus is coming too. Peter and Frank invited themselves as they always do. I miss my mom and dad. I'm not a Momma's Boy or anything like that but I'm just not used to not seeing her every day.

"Eli! Wait up." I hear the beautiful voice of Lily Evans call out for Eli. Yes I have finally admitted that I fancy Lily. "Eli, I'll be over there a few days after Christmas, I'll owl you, ok?" I heard Lily say somewhere behind me.

"Yea no problem. I'll see you soon." I assume that they hugged, I didn't turn around because then Lily would yell at me.

Out of nowhere someone jumped onto my back. I caught her and smiled. I was so used to Eli randomly jumping onto my back that I stopped falling over. "Hey JP." She said loudly in my ear.

"Hey Eddie." I said loudly back. 'JP' and 'Eddie' are names only we can use for each other.

"I haven't heard that name in a while." She said resting her head on my shoulder.

"I've missed you too Eddie. It has been a while since we've hung out."

"I agree."

"You know, you've gotten lighter." I said as we, well I, walked around looking for our family.

"You know just what to say to a girl, Potter." She said with a smile.

"No I just know what to say to you."

"Why didn't you just stay at your school of the abnormals, you freak!" I heard a girl shriek. I turned to see Lily being yelled at, who I assume to be her sister.

"That's Petunia." Eli said in my ear.

"Who?" I asked.

"The girl yelling at Lily. That's her older sister. Lily is muggle born and her sister is jealous. That's why I need you to be on your best behavior when she comes to visit. I'm her only getaway from that girl torturing her." Eli pleaded.

"Eddie, I'll behave if you behave." I said smiling.

"Why do I have to behave?"

"Sirius is coming over."

"You've got to be joking."

"Nope, he has problems at home too. My place is his getaway."

"Since when is that we seem to run a refugee camp?"

"Since we met our refugee friends." I said.

"Well at least break will be interesting." Eli said sighing.

"Elizacerbella!" I heard Lela call.

"I was so wishing that your parents would come and get us." Eli groaned. I chuckled, I couldn't help it. I walked towards the frantically waving Aunt of mine.

"Oh, Eddie I never got the opportunity to apologize for comparing you to your mom earlier this year. Well, I am really, truly, sincerely sorry. That was out of line and uncalled for."

"It's alright JP, I forgive you. If you do it again, it will be your head."

"I know better." I said. "Hello Aunt Lela." I said putting Eli down on the ground.

"Hello James." She hugged me. I think that she crushed my lungs.

"Mom!" Eli said loudly. "Do you have to be so embarrassing?"

"I haven't seen you in months." Lela said looking down at the ground. Sometimes I forget who is the mother and who is the daughter.

"Just take us home." Eli said. She can be so mean to her mother sometimes.

"Eli give your mom a hug." I whispered to her. She gave me a look. "Come on, Eli, she's never been this long without you." I reasoned, she sighed.

"Mom it's nice to see you." Eli said giving Lela a hug. Lela smiled and looked at me over Eli's shoulder. She mouthed 'thank you'. I winked at her.

"So, Aunt Lela, how have you been?" I asked.

"A little lonely without you all." She admitted.

"If it makes you feel better, we have friends coming over a little later."

"Really?" Lela asked excitedly. Eli glared at me. I shrugged innocently. I assumed that she told her mother about people coming over.

"Yes Mom. Lily and Alice are coming over a little later into the vacation. I want you on your best behavior. I don't want you to scare them away."

"I'll be on my best behavior." Lela said crossing her heart.

I was so happy to see Mom again. As soon as we landed in my house I ran over to the kitchen. Mom heard the POP of us appearing and ran towards me. She hugged me hard, not as hard as Lela, and then she hugged Eli.

"If it were up to me you would stay here longer. I've had no one to talk to besides Lela. Can you imagine?" Mom said. Eli shuddered and Lela pushed her gently.

CHRISTMAS DAY! Yes, this is the only day in the year where I get up at sunrise. I threw my covers to the side and ran to my parents room. I pushed open the door.

"Mom, Dad it's Christmas!" I shouted jumping onto the bottom part of the bed. Dad sprung out of bed and dragged Mom with us down stairs. Dad was so much like me.

Dad and I ripped through our presents quickly. Mom rolled her eyes and opened her presents at a reasonable speed. I had a good haul this year. Eli got me the most perfect gift. It looked like a normal watch but when you opened it, it became a flying miniature version of my favorite quidditch player.

"James!" I heard someone yell from outside.

"Thanks Mom, thanks Dad." I said. I hugged and kissed them before going out back to our tree house, that our fathers built us as kids. I climbed the tree and opened the hatch. As soon as I was in, Eli hugged me, and I hugged her back.

"Thanks for the watch, Eli, it is awesome." I said as I let her go.

"Thank you for the book, I've been looking for it forever." She said smiling.

We made ourselves comfortable and talked. We talked about everything but our friends. It was just about our friendship.

"James, Eli, here is some food." We heard my mom. She levitated it up to the window and I took it inside.

"Thanks." Eli and I said.

Now we ate and talked. Sometimes at the same time. After some time we just laid against each other.

"I miss this, James." Eli said cuddling with me on a beanbag chair.

"Yea me too." I said.

"School is so much more different than I thought it would be."

"I know, but no matter what we'll be cousins."

"Even if I kill Black?" She asked looking up at me.

"Yes, even if you kill Sirius." I said laughing.

"Good because it might come down to that." Eli mumbled.

"You would have thought that he would have learned by now. Especially after you kicked his place." I shuddered at that. It looked like it really hurt. "By the way you really need to control your anger. Why do you hate him so much anyway?" I asked. I was curious Eli doesn't hate a lot of people.

"I hate what he is going to become. He is going to break a lot of girls' hearts because they won't be smart enough to resist his charm."

"You think he's charming?" I asked her teasingly.

"Yes I do, he is quite charming." I wasn't expecting that. "He also happens to use his charm for evil. Thank Merlin, Lily is immune."

"Is she immune to my charm?"

"Definitely, she wouldn't be if you weren't so cruel to Severus."

"He had it coming." I mumbled. "Wait he's not coming too is he?"

"No, he said his father wouldn't let him." She said.

Eli and I had a few days to ourselves before our friends were suppose to come. And we made the most of it. He hung out from the time we woke up until the time our parents told us to go to sleep. Even then we were in contact. When we were smaller we set up a clothes line between our windows so we could pass notes back and forth until someone fell asleep, then we would wake up and do it all again.

"Sirius!" I exclaimed when Sirius ran into my room.

"James!" He yelled back. We hugged each other and laughed.

"James!" Eli called as she climbed into my window. "Have you seen my cat?" She asked as she fixed her clothes. She looked up and saw Sirius. "I'll be leaving now." She said and climbed out without another word. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

"Sorry mate." Sirius said looking at the ground,

"It's not your fault." I asked cheering him up.

"So when are the others coming?"

"James your friends are here." Mom called from downstairs.

Once we said our hellos we horsed around.

"Whoa James this is amazing." Sirius said as he looked at my watch.

"Thanks, Eli got it for me." I said happily.

We heard tapping noise and I went to the window. After all of these years I knew that noise anywhere.

"You two still do that?" Frank ask as I got the note.

"Of course." I said opening the note.

'JP I am sorry. It's just Black, well you know. Again sorry.

PS: keep away my friends are here.

PPS: don't let them into our tree house. That's the only place left for us.

Love, Eddie'

I wrote back:

'Eddie, I could never do that. The tree house is our place. Keep your friends and their cooties out of the tree house as well.

Love, JP'

I sent the note and waited at the window. I saw Eli read it and laugh. We nodded at each other and went back to our friends.

"What did Eli want?" Peter asked as he took a break from pigging out.

"If you were meant to know, then it would have been addressed to you." I said ruffling his hair.

"You two do this on a regular basis?" Remus asked me.

"Pretty much." I said.

"It's cause she is the only one that likes to talk to him. It goes on for hours." Frank said.

"Does not." I said, that was a lie.

"Does too." He said

Soon Frank and I were play wrestling. Peter rooted on Frank, while Sirius rooted on me. Remus just watched and rooted for whoever was winning at the moment.